Another skirmish took place in orbit of Philaster Crestia III.
They called it a skirmish because the mutated voribugs did not bother to make a pretense of conquering the fortified star system.
Even so, the swarms that flooded the planet from a single broad direction exerted a lot of pressure on the defenders.
Orbital platforms fired both energy blasts and kinetic projectiles.
Many of the weapon systems currently in use had been modified to inflict short to medium-range area damage.
Laser beams that excelled at long-range accuracy had no value in the Voribug War.
The enemy units were simply too numerous to place any value on sniping. The vast majority of voribugs were also cannon fodder, so taking them out one by one was the stupidest and most inefficient way to deal with this threat.
As such, the Rubarthans rapidly learned that it was better to sacrifice range for area damage.
